Rocket City Marathon

The Rocket City Marathon is an annual 26.2-mile footrace that takes place in Huntsville, Alabama, a city recognized for its pivotal role in the U.S. space program and known locally as \"Rocket City\" due to its connections to the Redstone Arsenal, Marshall Space Flight Center, and the Apollo program. The event was first held in 1977 and, aside from interruptions in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has been organized every year by the Huntsville Track Club, formed in 1971 as an affilia